A poignant novel of heartbreak, adoption and family secrets Emma, a nurse and busy mother of three, has always dreamed of having a sister.Michelle, at 46, wonders if it’s too late to fall in love and find her birth parents.Sarah, career woman and perfectionist homemaker, struggles to keep up with the Joneses.Bill, 72, feels left behind after the death of his adored wife.Adam can’t stop thinking … behind after the death of his adored wife.
Adam can’t stop thinking about the father he never had.
These five very different people are all connected but separated by secrets from the past. Sisters and Brothers will both break and warm your heart in a way that only bestselling Australian storyteller Fiona Palmer can.
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Sisters and Brothers by Fiona Palmer is afull length, standalone novel and tells the story of a big family with Bill, the patriarch in the center.
Bill is a simple man, he lives his life to the fullest, loves deeply and over time he gains a family, meets new family members, gains children and grandchildren.
Sisters and Brothers isn´t one story, it´s a sum of stories, every family member has his own story to tell.
The story jumps between past and present. Sisters and Brothers is a emotional read, a heartwrenching story about loss, gain, love, life and death.
I liked the writing and the characters and give 4,5 stars.
This is a compelling and moving story with emotions and feelings jumping of the pages, as we go from 1975 to present day and we meet Bill who is 72, he has just lost his wife but has a daughter and two grandkids and is an easy going man who still enjoys life, although he needs a hip replacement, but his life and his daughter Sarah’s are going to be turned upside down as this family grows.
Sarah, beautiful Sarah, busy mother to two children wife to hard working Andrew, she needs to keep up with the Jones and is missing her mother very much she needs someone to talk to although she is very close to her father another woman is what she wants, and no matter how many times she wished she never got that sibling she wanted so much.
Then we meet Emma only child and nurse caring loving woman wife to Steve FIFO worker mother to three kids two teenagers and one not far off being a teenager her life is busy but fun and family time comes before anything else, but when she finds out the her father is not her biological father questions are asked and she meets the man who did father her and discovers she has a sister a sister that she always wanted.
Then Adam makes his presence to us he is in his forties was bought up by his loving single Mum, he is a very good florist and has decided that it is time to find his father and his Mum Pauline goes all out to help and Adam meets Bill and discovers he has two sisters, which he is over the moon about.
Then we meet Michelle cake maker extraordinaire now Michelle has always known that she was adopted and she has an adopted brother as well, she is single and has always regretted not meeting someone and having children of her own, and has decided to try and find her biological parents, this brings her to finally find her mother.
I loved getting to know all of the characters in this wonderful story, I felt their pain and their happiness, the joy and shock as each learned about each other and Bill the man who always wanted a big family finally gets that, he may not be able to do the things that he used to but the love for all of them is there. The connections between the siblings all different as they have been bought up with different parents is amazing and the way they coped with each other wonderful, a beautiful story of families and love, yes there were tears from me but there was also a lot of smiling, thank you MS Palmer for another fabulous story, this is one that I highly recommend you really need to read this one it really is absorbing.
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This is my second Fiona Palmer read, and I will definitely be reading more in the future.
The synopsis of Sisters and Brothers intrigued me, and once I started reading I was completely intrigued with Bill and his extended “family”.
Set in both 1975 and present day, this story revolves around 72 year old Bill, however is a series of interconnected stories with Bill at the heart.
Now Bill, he liked to get around in 1975 it seems lol. Emma, Michelle, Adam and Sarah’s live all come together as they learn of their paternity.
I enjoyed each and every one of the children’s stories, however I feel that Emma’s grabbed me more emotionally than the others. I am not sure why this is, as they are all beautiful, heartfelt stories, however it just is.
Heartbreaking, emotional, yet full of hope, Ms Palmer has taken us on a wonderful journey of love, forgiveness, hope, acceptance.
I thoroughly enjoyed Sisters and Brothers, and I can’t wait to see what Ms Palmer brings us next.